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Have you downloaded the About UoB mobile app yet? If not, we recommend you have a look at About UoB as it provides students with a lot of University of Bradford information and keeps you up-to-date with latest events, workshops, news and services while keeping track of your friends and so much more.
The Library is constantly adding new services to the app, including the new Library Language: words and their definitions document. Apart from our mobile library catalogue, we now have a number of online resources available for mobiles via About UoB, including Web of Knowledge, IEEE Xplore and Business Source Complete.
The University of Bradford Library is implementing a new way of logging into Athens resources on the web – OpenAthens LA. The change is coming this Summer 2012.
There are a few details you need to be aware of prior to the changeover.
You will no longer be using your old Athens username which begins with the prefix “bra”.
Example of old style username and password:
Username: brajbloggs2
Password: R9j200511
You will be required to use your University of Bradford username and password once we introduce the new Athens service. These details are the same as you would use to log in to Blackboard.
When presented with an Athens login screen for any of our online databases, eJournals or eBooks, you will need to insert the UoB username and password.
Occasionally you will be asked to identify your home institution prior to logging in with these details. Simply follow instructions on screen either to pick University of Bradford (may also appear as Bradford University) from a list or type in the name of the institution in an empty text box as requested. After this stage you will be presented with the login boxes.
If you have never had your UoB username and password you will need to contact either the ICT Service Desk or the HUB. If you have misplaced these details, you can contact the Library Welcome Desk in person, over the phone (Tel 01274 233 301) or via email to retrieve your existing login details.
The planned LIVE date for the changeover is 12th June 2012. Further announcements will be made about the change to your Athens service throughout the early Summer, including any possible changes to the LIVE date.
Make sure you keep up-to-date with the latest developments via this news page, or sign up for the Library Twitter feed. You can also read the Tweets via our Facebook account.
You do not need to request for a different password to use our new Athens service. Simply start using your existing UoB username and password. You may discard your old Athens login details.
MyAthens will still be available for you to login to in order to find all the online services the University subscribes to. Logging in will require the UoB username and password but the MyAthens URL will not change.
Have you set up search alerts with any of our Athens databases like Compendex and Web of Knowledge? If you have, you will need to re-set these after the 12th June as they depend on your Athens login details.
Contact your Subject Librarian if you need further information or assistance on the forthcoming changes to our Athens service or after the switchover if you are having difficulties logging in to Athens resources.
Once the University has moved to OpenAthens LA, the eResources Team will still be available via email for fault reporting. If you find an online resource that is not working, we will still troubleshoot for you and contact our service providers when their service is down.
Problems with UoB username and passwords will have to be dealt with via the Library Welcome Desk in person, over the phone (Tel 01274 233 301) or via email.
Students looking to print or photocopy materials in the J. B. Priestley Library may find this list of current locations useful:
Due to student feedback regarding non-silent use of our PC cluster room 2.7a, as of Monday 16th April, access to this room requires registration.
Student registrations are taken at the Floor 0 Enquiry Desk in the J. B. Priestley Library, where you will be asked to sign up to terms and conditions upon which your access will be granted. You will need your student card to register.
Any failure to observe the terms and conditions for this PC cluster room will result in access being removed immediately and disciplinary action being taken in accordance with the University Student Disciplinary Procedures. Please note that any unregistered users will be removed from the facility immediately and disciplinary action will be taken.
We hope that this will make the space a more productive study environment for our students. Any feedback is welcome.
Customer Services Team.
As of January 2012 all members of the University of Bradford have access to the full-text premium content on EBSCO’s Business Source Complete. The comprehensive coverage includes indexing and abstracts for the top scholarly business journals, dating back as far as 1886.
Access is provided via the Library’s eResource web pages and individual titles may be located via the Library Catalogue.
With BSC, staff and students will enjoy access to nearly 2,000 full-text online journals, including the online edition of Harvard Business Review as well as the top five academic business journals:
If you are interested in the journal coverage of this database, EBSCO make available their full journal title list on the web.
Contact your Subject Librarian for further information about BSC and our other online resources, or if you need assistance on how to access and use our online content.